Improvement in tongue-supports



L'JABRELL.

, Tongue-Support.

No.164 l75, Patentedlune8g1875.

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UNITED STATES .ATENT rrro.

JAMES JAItRELL, OF THORNTOWN, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT m TONGUE-SUPPORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,175, dated June 8,1875 application filed April 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES JARRELL, of Thorntown, in the county of Booneand State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inTongue-Support for Wagons; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partof this specification, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

Figure 1. of the drawings is a representation of a side view, partsectional, of my wagon-tongue supporter; and Fig. 2 is a plan View ofthe same.

This invention has relation to improvements in wagon-tongues.

The object of the invention is to devise a means whereby the-weight ofthe tongue will be taken off the necks of the horses, and at the sametime render its movements duly elastic.

To this end the nature of the invention consists in a spring, which isadjustably secured to a vibrating wagon-tongue and to the sandbar of thebody, whereby the tongue'will be adequately supported, and its weighttaken off the animals, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the tongue of an ordinaryroad-wagon, which is secured between the hounds by means of a bolt, a,so that it shall have due vertical vibration. B represents an angularsupportingbrace, formed of wrought metal, having an eye, I), at itsangle and straddle legs, which are provided with eyes on their lowerextremities, by means of which it is securely fastened in p0sition-onepair of legs to sandbar G, and the other to the bolt a, upon which thetongue vibrates in relation to the hounds. By this means thesupporting-brace is held rigid, and is adapted to support aheavy tongue,and sustain successfully the shocks caused by the violent jerking fromside to side of the tongue, produced in passing over a rough or rockyroad. S represents a strong metallic spring, which is hooked into orotherwise suitably secured to eye I) at the upper end of support B, andis rigidly secured to a link, 0, the other end of which is attached bymeans of a nut or head, 0, to a turn-buckle, D. This buckle has in itslower end a screw-threaded perforation adapted to receive thescrewthreaded end of a bolt, (1, which is pivoted in any suitable mannerto a plate, E, rigidly secured to the tongue at a point in front of thehounds.

Byturning buckle D in a given direction bolt cl will be forced into it,thus taking up the slack of spring S and link 0, and causing the weightof the tongue to be supported from upright or brace B. By this means theweight of the tongue will be transferred to the sand-bar of the wagon,and when from any unusual jolt the tongue is caused to vibratevertically, as at times will occur, the yielding of spring S will causeits movements to be gentle and easy, and the thumping and jerkingthereof, so annoying to a spirited team, to be effectually done awaywith.

In lieu of the steel spring S, above described, I may sometimes,especially in light Work, use a rubber spring; and, in this event, Ipropose to do away with link 0 altogether, substituting in lieu thereofa connection, within which will be arranged a rubber spring, throughwhich, and through one end of the connection, a headed bolt will pass,which bolt will be secured to turn-buckle D. The other end of theconnection being secured to upright B, a very elastic and efficient tonguesupporter will be produced.

When from long use spring S becomes in a degree inoperative, so as toallow the tongue to sag, this defect may be remedied by giving a turn ortwo to buckle D, taking up the slack produced by the yielding of thesaid spring, and again affording proper support to the tongue for thepurpose of relieving the animals of its weight.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a tongue-support, the angular support B,

spring S, link 0, and turn-buckle D, in combination with a vibratorytongue, A, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

' JAMES JARRELL. Witnesses:

O. P. MAHAN, ERASTUS D. JOHNSON.

